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  21 September 2026
  The seed of the Gospel and mission: Archbishop Sangalli concludes the formation Course for bishops in Nemi with a meditation on St Charles de Foucauld Nemi (Fides News Agency) – The permanent formation of bishops as a time of communion, spiritual renewal and personal and pastoral conversion: this was the perspective outlined by Archbishop Samuele Sangalli in his homi ...
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  21 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian crisis compounded by political and institutional instability Mogadishu (Fides News Agency) – “With great concern, I am following the humanitarian crisis unfolding in certain areas of Somalia, where acts of violence and extreme weather events are exacerbating the already precar ...
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  21 September 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Constitution confirms ban on death penalty: “Human dignity is inviolable” Astana (Fides News Agency) – Kazakhstan is a country where no one is put to death and where the inalienable dignity of every human being is upheld. This is enshrined in Kazakhstan’s new Constitution, approved by refe ...
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  20 September 2026
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Archbishop Nwachukwu at the Jubilee marking 125 years of the Gospel in Malawi. Two new priests for a Church called to set out anew on mission Nzama (Fides News Agency) – The memory of the first missionaries, the gift of two new priests, and the call to recognize in every baptized person someone sent forth by Christ: these were the central themes of the natio ...
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  20 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lazarist Bishop Markos Gebremedhin: “Looking at the episcopal ministry with renewed eyes” by Antonella Prenna Nemi (Fides News Agency) – “How can I exercise my episcopal ministry not simply as an administrator or decision-maker, but as a servant of communion who guides, listens, accompanies, coordinate ...
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  19 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - “All for One”: Missio Ragazzi launches new formation programme for 2026-2027 Rome (Fides News Agency) – “All for One” is the title of the 2026-2027 formation program launched by Missio Ragazzi, the Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood in Italy. The title is intended a ...
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  19 September 2026
  The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries by Cosimo Graziani New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, with India hosting and chairing the group’s proceedings. The BRICS now br ...
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  18 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of “neo-paganism, insecurity and religious freedom” Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “Neo-paganism is a challenge for the nation.” This is the alarm raised by the Nigerian Bishops in a message published at the conclusion of their Second Plenary Assembly. According to the ...
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  18 September 2026
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla Mexico City (Fides News Agency) – Father Román de la Cruz Hernández, 48, was shot dead and his body was left along a stretch of the Tolago-Tetlapaya highway in the Lolotla district of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Poli ...
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  18 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In view of the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality, scheduled for February 2027, the Diocese of Hong Kong will officially launch its “synodal journey” on Saturday, 19 September. Accordin ...
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  18 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VI - Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography by Marie-Lucile Kubacki On September 25 and 26, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Paris and Saint-Denis, the first French stops on a journey that will also take him to Lourdes and Metz. Over the course of these two days, hi ...
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  17 September 2026
  The Course in Nemi: an open laboratory on the Bishops’ “missionary mandate” Nemi (Fides News Agency) – There is a “missionary mandate” inherent in Jesus’ call to his disciples, a mandate that continues to challenge every new “Successor of the Apostles” today. A mandate that must be f ...
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  17 September 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne: “We listen to the people and stand alongside the displaced. Peace is imperative” Taungngu (Fides News Agency) – “We are experiencing widespread displacement, but pastoral ministry continues despite the difficulties. Priests remain in the parishes and care for families; they listen to them and off ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian children, “apostles and missionaries” amid discrimination and poverty Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – In a national context where children face serious challenges, including discrimination, exploitation through child labour, abuse and denial of their right to education, Catholic children ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary” by Marta Zhao Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In December 1948, the Catholic association Legio Mariae, founded in Dublin on September 7, 1921, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was ...